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Originally Posted by Klinglerware
I would say that violence levels in Iraq turned around when Sunnis, tired of the insurgent violence, decided to take security in their own hands and form militias of their own to combat the insurgents. These were not US created, but the US decided to bankroll them.
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Despite what one heard during the Presidential campaign, it was this, plus Muqtada Al-Sadr's self-imposed ceasefire, plus the increase of U.S. troops in specific areas, which turned back the violence (the impact of each listed in decreasing order). That's how history will record it.